Tawa Pulao (Maharashtra State Food)

Boil the basmati rice until it becomes flaky Make ginger chili paste onion tomato paste garlic paste Wash all the vegetables and chop the cumin seeds Turn on the gas and

Put oil in a non-stick pan add cumin seeds green neem and asafoetida add garlic ginger chili tomato paste saute well then add finely chopped vegetables to it cover the pan and cook the vegetables for a few minutes

After a few minutes, add all the above mentioned spices to the vegetables and mix well.

And keep these vegetables aside on the corner of the pan

Place the cooked rice in the center of the pan

Put two spoons of ghee in a vessel and add cumin seeds green neem cinnamon cloves cardamom and red dry chilies and hing and add this mixture to the rice kept in the pan and mix

Now mix the vegetables and rice

Tawa pulao is ready to serve

This pulao is delicious as well as healthy. You can serve this pulao with rasam, curd, chutney, curry, soup or alone

I have served it here with south indian rasam and salad.